20 hours ago - The Senate on Wednesday blocked a resolution that sought to force President Trump to seek congressional approval for any U.S. military action related to Venezuela. Republican leaders were able to garner enough support for their procedural maneuver ...

1 day ago - Republican Senate leaders are trying ... quickly to other business. On Wednesday evening, they moved to dismiss the measure under the argument that it is irrelevant to the current situation in Venezuela....

20 hours ago - The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the war powers resolution, as just three of Trump's Republicans voted with every Democrat in favour of moving ahead and Vice-President JD Vance came to the Capitol to break the tie.

1 week ago - WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution on Thursday that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader.

1 day ago - Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill Wednesday night to cast the tie-breaking vote, derailing the measure that would have forced the White House to seek congressional approval for further military action in the country.

20 hours ago - Hawley reversed his initial support for a Venezuela war powers resolution and voted to block the legislation after receiving assurances from the White House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images · Republicans in the Senate have blocked a war powers resolution that would have required President Trump to secure authorization from Congress before launching any further military operations in Venezuela...

6 hours ago - The defeat comes less than a week after the US Senate advanced a bipartisan war powers resolution to prevent Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela, after Trump authorized a pre-dawn raid to capture Maduro, without giving ...

18 hours ago - The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the war powers resolution, as just three of Trump's Republicans voted with every Democrat in favor of moving ahead and Vice President JD Vance came to the Capitol to break the tie.

1 week ago - ... In a rare rebuke to the Trump administration, the Senate on Thursday advanced a war powers resolution that would block the president's use of the U.S. armed forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress...

1 day ago - “We have no troops on the ground in Venezuela. We’re not currently conducting military operations there,” he said. “But Democrats are taking up this bill because their anti-Trump hysteria knows no bounds.” · Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who has brought a series of war powers resolutions this year, accused Republicans of burying a debate about the merits of an ongoing campaign of attacks and threats against Venezuela.

20 hours ago - United States Vice President JD Vance has cast the tie-breaking vote to defeat a war powers resolution that would have forced President Donald Trump to seek Congress’s approval before taking any further military action in Venezuela.

(AP Photo / Mariam Zuhaib) WASHINGTON ... in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a vote next week on final passage....

1 day ago - But, he said, U.S. naval forces in the region would "stay in place for safety and security purposes." Kaine attributed Mr. Trump's decision to cancel more strikes to the war powers vote.

11 hours ago - Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation.

1 week ago - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.